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Romney team raises $171 million in September, $10 million less than Obama

Lynn Sweet By Lynn Sweet
   
SHARE Romney team raises $171 million in September, $10 million less than Obama
SHARE Romney team raises $171 million in September, $10 million less than Obama

BLUE ASH, OHIO–Mitt Romney’s fundraising team raised $171 million in September between his campaign and the Republican National Coommittee, his campaign announced Monday night. That’s about $10 million less than the Obama team raised in September.

RECAP

In August, Romney’s campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $111 million to $114 million for Obama and the Democratic National Committee.

In July, Romney and the Republican National Committee raised $101.3 million to Obama and Democratic National Committee total of $75 million.

in June, Romney raised $106.1 million combo to $71 million for Obama combo

In May, Romney collected $76.8 million combo to Obama’s $60 million combo

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